Etiqueta: DREAM ACT
NY DREAM Act Takes Step Forward
The New York State DREAM Act took a major step forward this week when the four members of the State Senate’s Independent Democratic Conference...
States Take Action on Immigration
As America waits on Congress to take action on comprehensive immigration reform, states have recently taken the issue into their own hands, with some...
DREAMers Share Their Stories
A new website entitled “Somos Dreamers/We Are Dreamers” has been launched by ImpreMedia, the publisher of El Diario-La Prensa and Los Angeles’ La Opinión,...
Newcomers Strengthen Our Nation
The following originally appeared on the Huffington Post.
In recent years, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz has been a forceful advocate for the DREAM Act, which...
Only 1% of DACA Cases Have Been Denied
A new study from the Brookings Institution shows that only 1% of those applying for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) have been denied....
DACA: One Year Later
https://youtu.be/bQdhKGyI5S4
Since being introduced by President Obama a year ago, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program has helped more than 400,000 young immigrants...
A DREAMer Talks About Life After DACA
Last year, President Obama signed into law the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which gave temporary legal status to undocumented youth in the...
Why Do Conservatives Have to Go Small on Immigration Reform?
The word came last week that to deflect attention away from the disunity in the Republican House Caucus over comprehensive immigration reform, the House...
KIDS Act is Too Little, Too Late
Tomorrow, the House Judiciary Committee will hold a committee hearing on what is being called the KIDS Act, which would give certain young people...
Video: Immigrant Families are American Families
A new music video, entitled “Dream It Now,” focuses on those families who have been torn apart because of senseless deportations—ones that are contrary...